Push button switch

Claim 1

A push button switch comprising a push button, said push button being of an inverted cup-shaped configuration, a press member housed within and operated by said push button, a cover plate having an aperture telescopically receiving said push button, a substrate beneath and spaced from said plate, a stationary contact member carried by said substrate, a cantilevered flexible contact member carried by said substrate and being disposed above said stationary contact member, said push button, press member and flexible contact member being in alignment whereby upon the depression of said push button said press member contacts and deflects said flexible contact member into contact with said stationary contact member, said flexible contact member having an end including means for providing straight line contact with said stationary contact member, spring means disposed between said push button and said substrate for normally biasing said push button in a direction away from said substrate, said inverted cup-shaped push button being defined by an end wall and a peripheral skirt, said spring means being in external telescopic relationship to said press member, a cushion member seated between said end wall and said press member, said substrate including a cover plate, and said spring means being disposed between said last-mentioned cover plate and said end wall.